Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Contributors xv
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Chronological Listing of the Principal Events and Publications of Helmholtz's Life and Career xxi
8. Introduction: Helmholtz at the Borders of Science 1
9. Part One. Physiologist
10. 1. Helmholtz and the German Medical Community 17
11. 2. Experiment, Quantification, and Discovery: Helmholtz's Early Physiological Researches, 1843-50 50
12. 3. The Eye as Mathematician: Clinical Practice, Instrumentation, and Helmholtz's Construction of an Empiricist Theory of Vision 109
13. 4. Consensus and Controversy: Helmholtz on the Visual Perception of Space 154
14. 5. Innovation through Synthesis: Helmholtz and Color Research 205
15. 6. Sensation of Tone, Perception of Sound, and Empiricism: Helmholtz's Physiological Acoustics 259
16. Part Two. Physicist
17. 7. Helmholtz's Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft: The Emergence of a Theoretical Physicist 291
18. 8. Electrodynamics in Context: Object States, Laboratory Practice, and Anti-Romanticism 334
19. 9. Helmholtz's Instrumental Role in the Formation of Classical Electrodynamics 374
20. 10. Between Physics and Chemistry: Helmholtz's Route to a Theory of Chemical Thermodynamics 403
21. 11. Helmholtz's Mechanical Foundation of Thermodynamics 432
22. Part Three. Philosopher
23. 12. Force, Law, and Experiment: The Evolution of Helmholtz's Philosophy of Science 461
24. 13. Helmholtz's Empiricist Philosophy of Mathematics: Between Laws of Perception and Laws of Nature 498
25. 14. Helmholtz and Classicism: The Science of Aesthetics and the Aesthetics of Science 522
26. 15. Helmholtz and the Civilizing Power of Science 559
27. Bibliography 603
28. Index 637